Manuscript transcript of 'the entry of the Hunting Journal of 1816. [18]17', addressed to Triphook, giving costs for printing '20 Copies of Belvoir Hunt'.
Author:
[Robert Triphook, London bookseller (d.1868); Belvoir Hunt; hunting; printing]
Publication details:
Undated [1818?].
£56.00
SKU: 9073
Landscape 8vo, 1 p. On aged and discoloured paper, with four spike holes. Neatly written out, in a contemporary hand. Addressed on reverse to 'Mr. R. Triphook'. Pencil annotations on both sides. Headed 'The following is the entry of the Hunting Journal of 1816. 17 -'. First item (of six): 'Setting Press & Printing 20 Copies of Belvoir Hunt 1816.17 13 Sheets & 1/2 Demy, Pica & long Primmer with Tables fine ink. @ 83/. Pr Sheet } 56. 0. 6'. At foot of page: '1817-18 - furnished by R. T.-' Triphook was one of the leading booksellers of Georgian London, with premises in St James's and then Old Bond Street, and closely associated with the profligate 5th Duke of Marlborough.